Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective

Several government and development partner programs employ different approaches to ensure the inclusion of poor and vulnerable areas and people in Myanmar’s development. Buildingon this experience, this note aims to identify feasible options to eff...

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Main Authors: Dutta, Puja Vasudeva, Okamura, Yuko
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-223292021-04-23T14:04:08Z Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective Dutta, Puja Vasudeva Okamura, Yuko HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RISKS VILLAGE LEADERS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION INCOME SCHOOLING EQUITABLE ACCESS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS MONITORING DATA MONITORING HOUSING REGIONAL DIVERSITY POOR PEOPLE PROJECTS POORER HOUSEHOLDS INCOME SUPPORT QUALITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CONFLICT BENEFICIARIES MEASURES CURRENT POVERTY DIRECT BENEFICIARIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION REGION FISCAL CONSTRAINTS POORER AREAS POVERTY REDUCTION DISADVANTAGED AREAS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INSECURITY VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT POOR EDUCATION POOR CHILDREN TRANSFERS POOR AREAS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY STATUS POVERTY MAPS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS RESEARCH SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS SOCIAL INDICATORS SERVICE DELIVERY VULNERABLE AREAS CASH TRANSFERS HOUSEHOLD HEADS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM POVERTY DATA FOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOOD TRANSPARENCY ETHNIC CONFLICT PARTICIPATION CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY-BUILDING VULNERABLE GROUPS EXTERNAL MONITORING FLEXIBILITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY NET INCOME DISTRIBUTION ABSOLUTE POVERTY MALNUTRITION RURAL NUTRITION FOOD TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS VULNERABLE PEOPLE REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS SURVEYS FOOD INSECURITY POVERTY INDICATORS TARGETING GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING REGIONS VILLAGE LEVEL EVALUATION STATISTICS ACCESS TO SERVICES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POVERTY RURAL AREAS FEEDING PROGRAMS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS ECONOMIC INDICATORS RISK MANAGEMENT LIVELIHOODS POOR POVERTY IMPACT OUTCOMES RURAL DEVELOPMENT REMOTE AREAS POOR WOMEN POOR HOUSEHOLDS Several government and development partner programs employ different approaches to ensure the inclusion of poor and vulnerable areas and people in Myanmar’s development. Buildingon this experience, this note aims to identify feasible options to effectively reach these groups, as government programs expand. Depending on program-specific choices about geographic focus andindividual, household eligibility, identifying poor and vulnerable areas and people in Myanmar can become more evidence-based, effective, and systematic, as better data become available and administrative systems develop. While targeting is currently done by individual programs, there can be important economies of scale in sharing and developing these systems in a coordinated manner so as to support multiple programs. 2015-07-28T22:08:00Z 2015-07-28T22:08:00Z 2015-07-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24764932/reaching-poor-vulnerable-myanmar-lessons-social-protection-poverty-reduction-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22329 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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topic HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
RISKS
VILLAGE LEADERS
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
INCOME
SCHOOLING
EQUITABLE ACCESS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMS
MONITORING DATA
MONITORING
HOUSING
REGIONAL DIVERSITY
POOR PEOPLE
PROJECTS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME SUPPORT
QUALITY
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
CONFLICT
BENEFICIARIES
MEASURES
CURRENT POVERTY
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
REGION
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
POORER AREAS
POVERTY REDUCTION
DISADVANTAGED AREAS
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME INSECURITY
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
POOR EDUCATION
POOR CHILDREN
TRANSFERS
POOR AREAS
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY STATUS
POVERTY MAPS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INDICATORS
RESEARCH
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SERVICE DELIVERY
VULNERABLE AREAS
CASH TRANSFERS
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
POVERTY DATA
FOOD SECURITY
LIVELIHOOD
TRANSPARENCY
ETHNIC CONFLICT
PARTICIPATION
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING
VULNERABLE GROUPS
EXTERNAL MONITORING
FLEXIBILITY
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFETY NET
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
MALNUTRITION
RURAL
NUTRITION
FOOD TRANSFERS
PUBLIC WORKS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
SURVEYS
FOOD INSECURITY
POVERTY INDICATORS
TARGETING
GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
REGIONS
VILLAGE LEVEL
EVALUATION
STATISTICS
ACCESS TO SERVICES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
FEEDING PROGRAMS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
RISK MANAGEMENT
LIVELIHOODS
POOR
POVERTY IMPACT
OUTCOMES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
REMOTE AREAS
POOR WOMEN
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
RISKS
VILLAGE LEADERS
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
INCOME
SCHOOLING
EQUITABLE ACCESS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMS
MONITORING DATA
MONITORING
HOUSING
REGIONAL DIVERSITY
POOR PEOPLE
PROJECTS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME SUPPORT
QUALITY
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
CONFLICT
BENEFICIARIES
MEASURES
CURRENT POVERTY
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
REGION
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
POORER AREAS
POVERTY REDUCTION
DISADVANTAGED AREAS
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME INSECURITY
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
POOR EDUCATION
POOR CHILDREN
TRANSFERS
POOR AREAS
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY STATUS
POVERTY MAPS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INDICATORS
RESEARCH
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SERVICE DELIVERY
VULNERABLE AREAS
CASH TRANSFERS
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
POVERTY DATA
FOOD SECURITY
LIVELIHOOD
TRANSPARENCY
ETHNIC CONFLICT
PARTICIPATION
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING
VULNERABLE GROUPS
EXTERNAL MONITORING
FLEXIBILITY
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFETY NET
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
MALNUTRITION
RURAL
NUTRITION
FOOD TRANSFERS
PUBLIC WORKS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
SURVEYS
FOOD INSECURITY
POVERTY INDICATORS
TARGETING
GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
REGIONS
VILLAGE LEVEL
EVALUATION
STATISTICS
ACCESS TO SERVICES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
FEEDING PROGRAMS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
RISK MANAGEMENT
LIVELIHOODS
POOR
POVERTY IMPACT
OUTCOMES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
REMOTE AREAS
POOR WOMEN
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Dutta, Puja Vasudeva
Okamura, Yuko
Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Myanmar
description Several government and development partner programs employ different approaches to ensure the inclusion of poor and vulnerable areas and people in Myanmar’s development. Buildingon this experience, this note aims to identify feasible options to effectively reach these groups, as government programs expand. Depending on program-specific choices about geographic focus andindividual, household eligibility, identifying poor and vulnerable areas and people in Myanmar can become more evidence-based, effective, and systematic, as better data become available and administrative systems develop. While targeting is currently done by individual programs, there can be important economies of scale in sharing and developing these systems in a coordinated manner so as to support multiple programs.
format Report
author Dutta, Puja Vasudeva
Okamura, Yuko
author_facet Dutta, Puja Vasudeva
Okamura, Yuko
author_sort Dutta, Puja Vasudeva
title Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
title_short Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
title_full Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
title_fullStr Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in Myanmar : Lessons from a Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Perspective
title_sort reaching the poor and vulnerable in myanmar : lessons from a social protection and poverty reduction perspective
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24764932/reaching-poor-vulnerable-myanmar-lessons-social-protection-poverty-reduction-perspective
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